Phil Marden’s illustration for the New York Times Real Estate section accompanies an article cautioning consumers about bait-and-switch tactics used by unscrupulous realtors to pull in customers with fake listings.

Every year the artists of Munro Campagna team up with a museum or other public institution to publish a gorgeous, topical 4-color calendar. The project brings together printers, paper companies and designers to produce the final project, this year celebrating The Field Museum in Chicago.Tom Foty, July:

Pepper Tharp has another stylish illustrated campaign coming out for her beloved client, The Container Store, built around the tagline, “Love your Luggage… Go Organized!” Meanwhile, she’s off on island-hopping travels of her own…

John Tomac’s illustration for Grantland accompanies an article on the surprisingly large number of men who get vasectomies in mid-March so they have an excuse to skip work during the first two days of the NCAA basketball tournament.

Mark Smith is exhibiting this painting at EVA Studios this weekend for the Exeter Open Studios event in the UK. Then it's off to its new owner, Obama's speech writer. He wanted this to hang in his office in the White House; hard to say no to a request like that!

Josée Bisaillon recently completed the illustrations for her latest picture book, “Winter’s Coming,” which follows Lily the snowshoe hare as she explores the environmental shifts that signal the changing seasons. Pre-order a copy now in Theispot.com Bookstore!

James Yang shares part two of his series illustrated for Experience Life Magazine about misinformation in the food industry. The main theme is a disturbing conflict of interest: research made public about food is often actually marketing for giant food industries.

Michael Cho’s debut graphic novel, “Shoplifter”, will be published by Pantheon Books in September 2014. Michael’s stark two-color illustrations trace a young woman’s search for happiness and self-fulfillment in the big city.

Patrick George’s latest transformative kids’ book takes a playful romp through career choices. Each spread describes a different job little ones might do when they’re older; transparent pages flip over to complete a picture, neatly transforming the person into what they want to be.

Jean Tuttle has been commissioned no fewer than three times by the Wall Street Journal to create illustrated logos for Fashion Week. The first set of shown below accompanied their coverage of the recent events held in New York, London, Milan and Paris.

Cindy Salans Rosenheim was commissioned to create a series of chalkboard style advertisements for a new bike rental operation in front of the iconic Ferry Building on San Francisco's Embarcadero waterfront. A large big-front-wheeled Victorian bicycle displayed in front mandated that Cindy go with an old-fashioned theme for this eight foot square signage:

Roy Scott was commissioned by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins health publications to illustrate two feature articles using his signature mixed media collage style. First, a deceased college student’s fiancée and parents are at odds with his expressed wishes for organ donation.

Sean Tiffany’s latest illustrations for Sports Illustrated Kids’ “What’s the Call?” feature are as action-packed as ever. This issue is on the stands now so if you're a kid, have a kid, or are a kid at heart, pick up a copy and see if you can figure out what the umpire’s call should be!

Ellen Byrne created this illustration for the 21st Annual Frederick Festival of the Arts Poster. This juried, three-day fine arts festival, held each June in downtown Frederick, MD, features over 110 artists from across the country, two stages of live entertainment, children’s activities, food, and much more.

Brian Stauffer’s illustration for the New York Times Op Ed, illustrating a piece on the missing Malaysian airliner, took two forms today. For the print version, it was all about blank space as absence:

Mike Tofanelli created this portrait for the current issue of UC Riverside's alumni magazine. The subject is Shah Selbe, who has been named a 2013 National Geographic Emerging Explorer for his work as a marine conservationist.

Monday, March 17, 2014

Keith Negley's illustration for The New Yorker accompanies an article about a man who saved another person’s life simply by asking him to talk, and how that relates to the current epidemic of suicides.

Paul Garland’s “White Bear” is a recipient of the Serco Prize for Illustration 2014, sponsored by Transport London. It is on show at the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden through April 6th, where prints and posters may be purchased directly.

Zara Picken created the illustrations and co-wrote the story for "Where did the Oddsoks go?” an interactive children’s book app available on the iPad, developed and published in collaboration with Storypanda.